Junior & Senior Infants Class

Classroom News & Events!

School Tour 2023

Staff and pupils were full of excitement on Friday 19th May 2023 as we set off on our annual school tour. Our destination was the ‘Crystal Maze Outdoor Activity Venue’ in Kilmainhamwood. The children got involved in several physical, mental, skill and water-based challenges, based around Ireland’s largest hedge maze. We had a wonderful day! […]

Sewing

This term, Debby has been teaching sewing to the children in all classes. We can’t believe how skillful they have become in just a few shorts weeks, and it’s clear how much they are really enjoying it!

Autism Awareness Day 2023

Spirits were high on Friday 28th April 2023 in St. Michael’s National School as we celebrated our third annual Autism Awareness Day. The children in each class took part in various lessons to raise awareness of autism. They learned what autism is, how to communicate with someone who has autism and how we can make […]

Magnetism

Our infants had great fun learning all about magnets last week!

Easter in the Infant Classroom

Our infants were very busy in the lead up to Easter this year. We learned all about the Easter story in religion and why we celebrate Easter. We learned some Easter vocabulary in Irish and played some Easter games. We also created our own Easter Chicks! We learned the poem ‘Busy Bunny’ which we performed […]

Easter Raffle / Food Bank Collection

We are so incredibly proud of our amazing student council! They have worked tirelessly over the past few weeks organising our Easter Raffle and Food Collection for Carrickmacross Food Bank. We filled over 50 bags of groceries and treats for local families to enjoy over the Easter holidays. Thank you to all of the students […]

St. Patrick’s Day

Junior and Senior Infants have been working very hard in the lead up to St. Patrick’s Day – have a look at what we got up to below! Beannachtaí na féile oraibh go léir ó na Naíonáin Shóisearacha agus na Naíonáin Shinsearacha!

Lá Glás

On Thursday 16th March we held a Lá Glás in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day! On the day we held a whole-school ceolchoirm which seen many of the children perform dances/songs for their peers. Well done everyone!

Aistear

We are delighted to have Aistear back in action in the infant classroom after moving!

Incredible Edibles

Our infants are delighted to be taking part in the incredible edibles programme this year. On Friday 3rd March they planted strawberries, tomatoes, as well as various different herbs. We are very excited to watch our seeds grow!